Internationalizing Purdue University Calumet

1
Internationalizing Purdue University Calumet

• Dr. Kathleen Tobin
• Associate Professor, Latin American Studies
  
• Head, International Programs

2
You Are Here
3
International Inventory

• In what ways is PUC currently international?

4
How do we move toward a shared vision for PUC?
Vision
5
Resources

• International Programs Office
• PUC International Advisory Board
• University Models
• NAFSA International Educators
• www.nafsa.org
• American Council on Education (ACE) Center for
  International Initiatives
• www.acenet.edu
• American Council on International Intercultural
  Education (ACIIE)
• www.aciie.org
• Consortium for North American Higher Education
  Collaboration (CONAHEC)
• www.conahec.org

6
Integration

• Education abroad
• Language teaching
• International students and scholars
• Service learning and internships
• Collaborative curriculum
• Campus life
• Community involvement

7
PUC Contributors

• Administration
• Staff
• Faculty
• Students

8
Why Internationalize?
9
Academic Goals

• To strengthen liberal education.
• To enhance the quality of teaching and
• research.

10
Economic Goals

• To prepare students for careers.
• To generate income for the institution.
• To contribute to local economic
• development and competitiveness.

11
Social Goals

• To enhance students ability to live in an
  increasingly multicultural environment in the
  United States.
• To enhance the development, excellence, and
  relevance of institutions in other countries.
• To contribute to international and cultural
  understanding.

12
Foreign Policy Goals

• To produce experts required to support U.S.
  foreign policy and diplomacy.
• To create goodwill and support for the United
  States in other countries.

13
Potential Levels of Change for PUC

• Depth
• Pervasiveness

14
Typology of Change
Pervasiveness

15
International Possibilities
(adapted from J. Knight, Internationalization
Developing an Institutional Self-Portrait
www.eotu.uiuc.edu/events/Illinoisnovfinal.pdf)

• New programs with international themes
• International content infused in existing courses
• International language/culture study
• Area or regional studies
• Active involvement of international students
• Engagement of returned study abroad students
• Using classroom diversity in pedagogy
• Use of international scholars and teachers

16
International Possibilities

• Use of local international/intercultural experts
• Integration of international methodologies
• International/domestic student clubs and
  associations
• International/intercultural campus events
• Student involvement in local cultural and ethnic
  organizations through internships, applied
  research, and service learning
• Involvement of representatives from local
  cultural and ethnic groups in teaching/learning
  activities, research initiatives, and
  extracurricular events and projects
• Students studying abroad for a year, semester or
  less
• Student service learning or internships abroad
• Student exchanges and research

17
International Possibilities

• Faculty exchanges for teaching and research
• Faculty technical assistance/consulting abroad
• Faculty sabbaticals/professional development
  abroad
• Institutional physical presence abroad
• Branch/franchise campuses
• Capacity-building projects such as joint
  curriculum development and technical assistance
• Projects and services as part of development aid
  projects and commercial contracts

18
Questions for the Audience

• What are we doing?
• What do we hope to do?